• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Rome

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Martino da Modena Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v) Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice (his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

and 'landing' case. Purchased as 'The Ascott Album' by the British Library from the Rothschild family on 26 March 1979. Dedication of a church Master of the Murano Gradual Master of San Michele a Murano Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'I'(n), and full border with putti, heraldry, and roundels with a monkey with fruit, and a deer in a landscape., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Foliate illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of Book 38 of Livy's Ab urbe condita, third decade., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Missing initial, at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of lower border, with putti holding a shield., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border, with a fawn., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of border with a monkey., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404). Spaces for decoration in the First Decade remain blank. Attributed to Leonardo Bellini (fl. Venice, c. 1443–90), (see Watson 1979 no. 502). Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the

• Miniature of a bishop, his robe covered in ~fleurs-de-lis~, seated in a mandorla of clouds holding a crown and the Tron family arms above a view of the bacino di San Marco in Venice, and a zoomorphic cartouche inscribed 'Nos Francis / cus Donato Dei / Gratia Dux / Venetiarum et Cetera', within a full border of grotesques, unicorns, and masks in gold monochrome with medallions of Francis of Assisi and Andrew (left) and a personification of Justice and a robed man, who is probably Alvise Tron (right)., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron as provveditore of Insula Vegla (Krk)

lot 2258/1 (f. 7v); lot purchased for £3 3s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Commission from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron Master T.° Ve. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Miniature of Francesco Romago kneeling before an archangel who holds a book and points up to a vision of God the Father and the Holy Spirit and in the background a landscape with a view of the fortress of Citadella, within a full border with four grotesque figures and a quatrefoil inscribed 'XXXIII / Domine / Mitte / Angelum / De Caelo Qui Me / Custodit / et / Foveat'., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) from Francesco Venier to Francesco Romago as podestà of Citadella

diplomatist: his sale 31 May 1855, lot 2258/3 (f. 10v); lot purchased for £3 30s by the British Museum, according to an annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Presentation Master T.° Ve. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Detail of miniature of the Trojan horse., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Detail of miniature of Aeneas carrying Anchises and leading Ascanius., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Pen-flourished initials., Martyrologium romanum (begins imperfectly, ff. 2-86v), etc.

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pen-flourished initials. Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)